N0LFR - Ruth Ball

Her interest in ham radios is what brought Ruth and her husband Wayne “Doc” Ball together. They were married December 15, 1979, in Doc’s house in the radio room. The couple made their home in Woodbine. Ruth became a resident of Rose Vista in 2008.

Ruth was a member of the First Christian Church and Women’s Fellowship. She was also an active member of the Boyer Valley Amateur Radio Club.

Ruth died January 7, 2011, at Rose Vista Nursing Home in Woodbine, Iowa at the age of 91 years and four months.